The 10th South African HORRORFEST has kicked off

Yesterday saw the start of the 10th annual South African HORRORFEST Film Festival for another jam-packed 10 days of thrills and excitement. First on the menu is the Bloody Parchment literary night where local authors read from their work at the Book Lounge (cnr. Roeland & Buitenkant Str., Cape Town).

Below are details on the feature film line-up, almost 40 selected short films and other activities. All festival details, screening times, schedule & updates at www.HORRORFEST.info

DEMENTIA 13 – One of Francis Coppolla’s first movies (1963 – a decade before his Oscar-winning triumph, The Godfather)

SHE-BEAST – Classic witch possession movie (1966)

LIVE SOUNDTRACK PERFORMANCE

THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI – This timeless 1920 silent film will be screened with a new soundtrack performed live by THE MAKABRA ENSEMBLE on Halloween night (Fri 31 Oct), feat. members from Terminatryx, Lark, V.O.D, & Matthijs Van Dijk. Co-inciding with the Halloween dress-up competition & Night Market (with a range of exciting stalls from clothing and jewelry to books, DVDs, HorrorFest merch & more). Backed by Paul Bothner Music with live sound by Point Blanc Event Technical Solutions

FOR THE KIDS

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS – Expanding the HorrorFest to include a special kids’ chapter on Sat 1 Nov (Halloween dress up not compulsory, but encouraged)

DOCUMENTARIES

LOST SOUL: The Doomed Journey Of Richard Stanley’s The Island Of Dr. Moreau – Documentary on the South African-born director’s crazy experience in the undoing of his labour of love, by many factors – from a vain Val Kilmer to the studio and disastrous weather (Wed 5 Nov)

SHADOW REALM SHORT FILM COLLECTION – consists of 4 fantastic anthologies of short films from every corner of the globe, from South Africa, the USA, France and UK, to Spain, UAE, Argentina, Estonia etc.

SAE has teamed up with the HorrorFest and will link in a free master class on how to make a horror film (set for 11 November – updates at the site).

The BLOODY PARCHMENT literary chapter will kick off the HorrorFest in Cape Town on Wednesday 29 October at the Book Lounge (cnr. Roeland & Buitenkant Str), with movies running at the Labia Theatre 29 Oct – 7 Nov (68 Orange Str). Literary night event page: www.facebook.com/events/645342792246021

Audience give-aways will include horror DVDs from Next and Annabelle hampers (from TMF) – this is the prequel linked to the creepy doll in The Conjuring – while not at the HorrorFest, the movie hits cinemas countrywide on 24 Oct. (Other new movies not screened at the HorrorFest, but worth checking out incl. Oculus and The Signal).

The HorrorFest will be followed / overlapped by the Sound On Screen Music Film Festival (feat. SA premieres like Björk‘s Biophilia Live, Ministry – Fix, Austin To Boston, The Story of Rock ‘n’ Roll Comics, The Heir Of Liszt and more).

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